Editorial: Resolutions for 2013 made to be broken?

All of us begin the new year with a firm (or flabby) resolve to turn over a new leaf.

We will save more money.

We will lose weight.

We will hit the gym.

We will eat healthy.

We will be kinder to our families, friends and neighbors.

We will vote Republican (or Democrat) in the next election.

And so on, and so on, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

Sometimes we wonder why we bother.

After all, weren't resolutions, like records, made to be broken?

And isn't the road to perdition paved with good intentions?

Some of us may have already broken some, if not all, of our resolutions.

And is this not the year that makes those of us afflicted with triskaidekaphobia -- fear of the number 13 -- shudder?

You thought Friday the 13th was bad? How about a whole year of 13?

Ah, well, we can't pull the covers over our heads and hide for an entire year, can we?

And so, human nature being what it is, we vow to do better this year -- year of the dreaded 13 or not.

There is always some area where we want to improve some facet of our lives, so we bravely make that promise to ourselves -- and often to those close to us -- to do just that.

Some of us, to some extent, will succeed.

Some of us will fail.

That, too, is human nature.

But, win or lose, we will suck it up and keep trying.

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For that, too, is human nature.

One resolution we might want to consider: Refrain from rubbing it in when those near and dear to us fall short of keeping their resolutions.

It might just come back to haunt is if we come up short on our resolutions.

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